21st Century Literacies
Submitted by maggie on Tue, 2007/05/15 - 6:13pm.
21st Century Literacies refer to the skills needed to flourish in today's society and in the future. Today discrete disciplines have emerged around information, media, multicultural, and visual literacies. It is the combination of literacies that can better help K-12 students and adult learners address and solve the issues that confront them.
On this site, we focus on four 21st century literacies - information, media, multicultural, and visual. We have found resources, both bibliographic and web-based, to assist you in your quest to learn and/or teach literacyi skills. Our team of literacy experts developed lessons to aid in your ability to incorporate 21st century literacy skills into your teaching techniques. The tools presented here are based on a21st Century Literacies Framework and seek to promote the skills, knowledge and attitudes to help students develop effective lifelong literacy awareness, seeking, management and presentation strategies.
The 21st Century Literacies Curriculum presents the process and essential skills for embedding information literacy strategies across all areas of the curriculum. The curriculum seeks to promote the skills, knowledge and attitudes to help students develop effective lifelong information awareness, seeking, management and presentation strategies. Information Literacy Standards referenced in each student lesson are from the American Library Association and Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
More information at: http://www.kn.att.com/wired/21stcent/index.html
